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After Andrew Mitchell's resignation over 'Plebgate' and the storm about the chancellor's first-class rail seat, the party has never looked more out of touch, but it is the questions over its competence that are most damaging

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Photographer Brent Stirton posed as a buyer to capture this image of a rich woman and her dealer grinding rhino horn in her kitchen. His photographs of the trade and the battle to stop the killing won him a major wildlife award

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After a five-film 'apprenticeship' in America, the English director's first British movie is the 007 picture Skyfall. Here, stars including Daniel Craig and Naomie Harris reveal exclusively what it is like working with him

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Profile: It's been a tough week for the Tories – but one person who has shone is the home secretary, thwarting a US extradition bid. She's built a reputation for steely resolve. Will this very private woman now leave her fellow MPs standing?